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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Julian Kenny KC

Julian Kenny KC

Silk: 2016 Call: 1997

Languages: French

Julian specialises in commercial law, particularly banking, shipping and commodities, insurance and reinsurance, conflicts and jurisdiction, and arbitration. He is a leading specialist in chartering and international sale of goods disputes.

In addition, Julian has extensive banking experience, particularly with disputes involving swaps and derivatives based on the ISDA Master Agreement.

 

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Julian is an utterly brilliant lawyer who distils everything into very concise written work

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Julian is extremely bright, easy to work with and fabulous on his feet.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

He provides sophisticated and creative legal arguments.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Julian is excellent at advising on complex issues of law in a way that is readily understood by clients.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

He has a very imaginative mind for dealing with difficult arguments.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

He is strong all round – on paper and as an advocate.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

A first choice silk for shipping and commodities disputes. Excellent at advising on complex issues of law in a way that is readily understandable by clients. Very good on his feet.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

Julian knows the area inside and out. He has a very sharp eye for detail. He is very clever and great to work with.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

A top-drawer silk who is very clever with a great sense of humour – a lethal combination.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

Clever, charming and engaging, with a superb turn of phrase; on his feet capable of holding the attention of his listeners, and creates written submissions with elegant prose which readers enjoy rather than endure.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

Julian knows the area inside and out. He has a very sharp eye for detail.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

He is very clever and great to work with.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

Julian is very hands on, user friendly and the client absolutely loves him. He is creative in coming up with good solutions, very strategic and commercial.

Chambers UK Bar 2021

Possessed of a keen intellect and wonderfully calm under pressure, he deflates the opposition with his polite, measured responses.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

He's able to deliver his advice in a very understandable manner and is very reassuring with clients.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

He is super clever and really articulate.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

Very clever, very intellectual.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

Julian really knows his stuff and is able to pull the most obscure yet exactly relevant case from memory in the blink of an eye.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

An excellent choice, a real up-and-coming barrister who stands out among silks.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2018

He's the sort of advocate that if one were preparing for a hearing against him, one would be forced to prepare very thoroughly.

Chambers UK Bar 2019

Tribunals and judges really appreciate his intellect. He commands respect and controls the room well. He projects his confidence and intelligence.

Chambers UK Bar 2019

One of the brightest people I know

Chambers UK Bar 2018

He is user-friendly and produces work of considerable intellectual firepower in an understated but persuasive manner.

Chambers UK Bar 2018

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